Table-tennis net.



No. 702,]54. Patented lune l0, I902.

J. H. & W. C. HUIGGIN. v

TABLE TENNIS NET.

(Application filed Mar. 8, 1902.) (No Model.)

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I JAMES HENRY QUIGGIN AND- ILLI M CHARLES NGLA D.

I have invented certain new and useful Ina-'- provements in Table-TennisNets," (for which it in two or more pieces hooked or buttoned gages the top edge ofthe'other piece of netting are somewhat longer than the widest-table to der to enable themitostand upright, we arain, residing at Liverpool, in. the county of ple and cheap form of table-tennis netwhiclr UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

QUIGGIN, OF LIVERPOOL,

"TABLE-TENNIS NET.

SPECIFICATION ai ing age Letters Application fiIed Maroh S 1902;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES HENRY Quie- GIN and WILLIAM CHARLES QUIGGIN; iron-" mongers, subjects of the King of Great Brit- Lancaster, England, (whose full postal address. is Ranelagh street, Liverpool, England,)

application has been made infEnglantLNoj 19,476, dated SepternberBO, l 90l,)'of which the following is a specification.

This invention hasrfor itsobject a very s'im-..

can be adjusted to any size of table, and. yet will fold up into a sverysmall compassI In the accompanying drawin'gs,Figure 1 is a general View, of a tennis-netin position on a table; Fig. 2, a detail view of the net-on a larger scale.

Our invention consists in making the net of metallic netting with-legs or feet near the end, preferably also of. metahandinforming" together in'any convenientmanner. In its simplest form the net proper consists of two rectangles A and B, of stout wire, with wire netting G filling therectan'gle. At the top end of one, A, and the bottonrend ofthe other, 13, is a hook D, so that when'the tworectangles' A and B are placed togeth'en'so as to overlap, the hook D of onepiece of netting en B and the hook ofthe latter engages the bottom edge of the piece A, as clearly shown in the drawings, thus forming arigid connection. The two rectangles when put together be used. Oonsequentlythey can be arranged to fit agreat variety of width of table. In orrange on thetermin'al post at one endof each piece of netting or at some short distance therefrom, as, shown in the drawings, aswiveling barhE, which'bar passesthrough loops F in the framework and is provided with feet A G, which canbeswiyeled at right angles, and thus act'as' a firm leg, or be swiveled so as to be in line with the net to facilitate packing.

Paar No. 702,154., dated June 10, 1902.

erial No. 97.261. (No model.)

- I represents sleeves or coils of .wire placed between the feet G and the bottom eyes F, so I as to keep the rectangles a suitable distance above the level of the feet.

. H=represents pieces of rubber'fixed to the feet, which make the latter very rigid and will not injure a polished surface.

fNear the opposite end of one only of, the rectangles we provide a similar swiveling bar E, with feet G, audit is onto this end that the end of the other rectangle hooks, so that the one rectangle supports the other rectangle at the part where it overlaps by means of the'hooks D and the foot G, thus forming a rigid connection. Y

I I is a white tape fixed to 'the top, whereby a direct line of sight is obtained.

We declare that what we claim is*- v 1. A table-tennis net comprising, a net of two or more separate pieces of wiriework which can be placed alongside each otherand caused to overlap, with means for holding them together with suln'cientrigidity so as to adjust the. length of the net to fit different-size tables.

'2. A table-tennis net consisting of two rec tangularflframes filled in with wire-netting, appliances for securing them'ftogether, such frames being provided with'yfeet or supports 'which when in use are at'right angles to the network, but can be turned so as to be in line therewith and pack ina small compass, sub

stantially as set forth.

3. ;A table-tennis net, comprising two rectangular frames, one having a bottom hook and the other a top hook, to respectively overlap each other, and aseries of swinging supports for the rectangular frames; substantially as described. V t In witness whereof we havehereuntosigned our names, this 26th day ofFebru ar'y, 1902, in

the presence of two subscribingwitnesses... JAMES HENRY oiiice'I Ni v 7 WILLIAM CHARLES Witnesses: I it v I G. 0.. DYMOND,

JOHN MCLACHLAN. 

